City of Mountain View  
Minutes  
Rental Housing Committee  
Thursday, April 24, 2025  
7:00 PM  
Council Chambers and Video Conference, 500  
Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.  
2.  
3.  
ROLL CALL  
CLOSED SESSION (PLAZA CONFERENCE ROOM)  
The closed session was called to order at 7:03 p.m.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
3.1 Conference With Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation  
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Name of Case: Leonard Siegel and Pamela Siegel, Trustees of the  
Siegel Family Revocable Trust, Petitioners, v. Rental Housing Committee,  
Rent Stabilization Program, Housing Departments, City of Mountain View,  
respondents.  
Santa Clara County Superior Court Case Number 25CV460589.  
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Name of Case: Enlightened Investments, Inc., petitions v. City of Mountain  
View, Rental Housing Committee et al, respondents.  
Santa Clara County Superior Court Case Number 21CV390118.  
4.  
CLOSED SESSION REPORT  
Karen Tiedemann, Special Counsel, reported out from closed session that the RHC received a report on  
pending litigation and no action was taken.  
5.  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
Minutes for the March 27, 2025 RHC Meeting  
5.1  
MOTION - MS - Cox/ Keating - To approve the consent calendar.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
6.  
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
Deborah Vasquez requested the RHC that the calculations in the One Time Utility Adjustment Petition shou  
be using the number of occupants in a unit and not the number of bedrooms.  
Steve Welter asked the staff to provide information on how to implement state law AB 2747, which allows  
tenants to report positive rental payments to credit bureaus.  
7.  
NEW BUSINESS  
7.1 Fiscal Year 2025-26 Recommended Budgets for Community Stabilization  
and Fair Rent Act and Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance  
Division Manager van Deursen presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
The RHC provided feedback on the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Recommended Budgets for the administration of the  
Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act and the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance.  
Adoption of Annual General Adjustment of Rent for 2025-26  
7.2  
Division Manager van Deursen presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
MOTION - MS - Cox/ Hislop - To adopt a Resolution of the Rental Housing Committee announcing an Annual  
General Adjustment of Rent under the Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act for the period of  
September 1, 2025-August 31, 2026 of 2.7% and an Annual General Adjustment of Rent under the Mobile  
Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance for the period of September 1, 2025-August 31, 2026 of 1.6%.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
Annual Election of Chairperson and Vice Chairperson  
7.3  
Division Manager van Deursen presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
MOTION 1 - MS - Cox/ Brown - To elect Committee Member Ma of the Rental Housing Committee to serve  
as Chairperson for one annual term effective May 1, 2025, through April 30, 2026.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
MOTION 2 - MS - Brown/ Keating - To elect Committee Member Cox of the Rental Housing Committee to  
serve as Vice Chairperson for one annual term effective May 1, 2025, through April 30, 2026.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
8.  
COMMITTEE/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE REPORTS  
Upcoming Workshops and Housing Help Center Dates  
8.1  
Senior Management Analyst Kennedy presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
Expected Future Agenda Items for RHC Meetings:  
8.2  
Chair Brown provided an update on future RHC agenda items.  
Staff confirmed Committee Member Cox’s question, that no Appeal Hearings were scheduled for the May  
Rental Housing Committee meeting.  
Staff answered Committee Member Keating’s question, that an update on Ratio Utility Billing Petitions will b  
provided in the August RHC meeting.  
Staff confirmed in response to Committee Member Staats Hislop’s question, that an earlier start time for RH  
meetings will be addressed in the May RHC meeting.  
9.  
ADJOURNMENT - At 8:35 p.m., Chair Brown adjourned the meeting to the next regular RHC  
meeting to be held on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers and via  
Video Conference.